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Wesley Enoch on Indigenous cultural leadership

Members of Melbourne's artistic and Indigenous communities heard an inspiring speech from QTC's Artistic Director at the announcement of the British Council's ACCELERATE program.

4 Sep 2014

Richard Watts

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Speaking at Melbourne Museum on Thursday night, for the announcement of this year’s four recipients of the British Council’s 2014 ACCELERATE program for emerging cultural leaders in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Enoch spoke passionately about the ways Indigenous Australians can inspire the broader Australian community:

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts